This is one of three food technology units that focus on designing: one in year 7 on designing for yourself; one in year 8 on designing for clients; and this one in year 9 on designing for markets. These units ensure progression in understanding about designing.
This is part of a series of three units in year 9 on designing for markets; there are equivalent units, with similar learning outcomes, on resistant materials and textiles. Together these units are expected to take 10-15 hours. It is important that the department plans as a team so that pupils are able to draw on knowledge, skills and understanding from across the units to reinforce their learning and avoid unnecessary repetition. However, you can teach this unit by focusing on just food.
This unit could be linked to units on using ICT (unit 7C, unit 8C and unit 9C).
This unit could be taught as one unit with unit 9E(i) 'Ensuring quality production (food)'. It could be used as an end-of-key-stage 3 assessment task, and some of the optional activities are suitable for later in year 9.
If you choose not to teach this unit, then plan to include the essential activities identified by the symbol  as part of another unit.
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